Example sentences of "is give to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The expression I am quoting is uttered by Dyer , and it is an expression which Ackroyd is given to using in his books . |
| 2 | Technology suppliers to the British hotel and restaurant industry say that their products are often under-exploited , because too little thought has been given to what the systems are supposed to achieve and too low a priority is given to staff training . |
| 3 | Mobbs says : ‘ On-site training is only viable where suitable facilities exist and commitment is given to releasing staff from daily duties . |
| 4 | That is given to the child at the all-important ceremony of circumcision , which re-enacts the covenant between God and Abraham ‘ the father ’ of the Jewish people , and admits the child into the family of Israel . |
| 5 | Nothing exemplifies the spirit of the family more than musar : instruction ( as moral training ) which is given to Jewish children . |
| 6 | In answer I would draw your attention to the report from the Lakes in your April issue , where incidental mention is given to a climb named ‘ Blind Nigger ’ . |
| 7 | And a new twist is given to the urge to be a Napoleon . |
| 8 | ‘ . If we assume — and it is probably the right assumption — that students can no longer easily read isolated literary texts , but need to make sense of them in a variety of contexts , much power is given to the teacher who decides which are the relevant cultural codes to be invoked and expounded ; Marxists , at least , are specific on the matter . |
| 9 | This right is given to members of the public under the Access to Information Act 1985 . |
| 10 | Accordingly special attention at might-time is given to alley-ways , entrances , and shops . |
| 11 | This is given to every one of your employees on 5th April . |
| 12 | Nearly 80 per cent of French and British aid , excluding that which is channelled through multilateral organizations , is given to their former colonies . |
| 13 | A final twist is given to this situation ; the fact that women do all of this work is often given as an explanation of their inferiority . |
| 14 | The success of the treatment depends very much on the skill and intelligence of the operatives and careful supervision to ensure that attention is given to the full extent of affected areas . |
| 15 | ‘ Be always ready , according to your power to relieve the poor and help the distressed … ’ is a quote from The Rules for the Conduct of Life , a copy of which is given to all new Freemen — or perhaps it should now be Freepersons . |
| 16 | Through the A.P.F. , with its central fund , its National Directors in every country , and its international co-operation , the universal character of the Catholic Faith is brought home to us , and great hope for the future of the Church in the world is given to us , as we see the vigour and variety of its progress in the mission lands . |
| 17 | Thomas discussed the relationship between love and poetry much later in Feminine Influence on the Poet : ‘ The love-poem is not for the beloved , for it is not worthy , as it is the least thing that is given to her , and none knows this better than she unless it be the lover … . |
| 18 | If land is given to an infant by will or conveyed to him on an intestacy the legal estate vests in the representatives of the deceased who hold it in trust for the infant . |
| 19 | These requirements were substantially met before 1969 by the creation of discretionary trusts , by which property is given to trustees upon trust to apply the income on capital in favour of such one or more members of a group of beneficiaries as the trustees shall in their absolute discretion determine . |
| 20 | A period twist is given to the proceedings — the story is set somewhere around 1964 , to judge from the careful references to Christine Keeler — and is adapted from Nicholas Rhea 's Constable books . |
| 21 | And secondly , priority for the milk which is available , and which is strictly distributed by the Milk Marketing Board , is given to normal milk suppliers or to sectors whose products have a limited shelf-life , such as yoghurt-makers , rather than to cheese or butter manufacturers . |
| 22 | Close attention is given to the safe and hygienic handling of chemicals , and biomonitoring of personnel is done to ensure that the protective systems are working satisfactorily . |
| 23 | Within the garden , particular attention is given to both plant and animal displays . |
| 24 | The name wallaby is given to many of the smaller kangaroos , all of which are unique to Australia . |
| 25 | And recently , in education , we have David Hargreaves ( 1982 ) pointing out the harm done in schools when the balance of attention is given to the individuals rather than to the group — and this from a non-authoritarian , liberal educationalist . |
| 26 | In the area of education today , much credence is given to the concept of ownership . |
| 27 | Attention is given to minor adjustments in the spending pattern or the justification of additional spending . |
| 28 | We will not tolerate the present level of racial harassment and attacks , and will ensure that more effective protection is given to vulnerable groups . |
| 29 | When Malcolm James 's book Born of the Desert — the reminiscences of a doctor with the 1st S.A.S. in the Western Desert — appeared in 1945 , a reviewer wrote : ‘ All men have conscience , but it is given to only a few to have the selflessness to stride out into battle and , by themselves undertaking the combat that has to be done by someone , to satisfy its insistence … ’ |
| 30 | Pride of place is given to the magnificent swimming complex with its outdoor and indoor pools ; but this is only one of several pools for the keen swimmer there is an extensive open-air heated lido ( July–September , earlier in particularly fine summers ! ) , the Seefeld lake and many hotels have their own indoor or outdoor pools too . |